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J. FOREST. MACHINERY FOR PRINTING YARN.

No. 75,259), Patented Mar. 10, 1868.

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TO ALL PERSONS TO WHOM THESE-PRESENTS MAY COME! Be it known that I, JOHN Fonnnsr, of Lawrence, inthecoanty pf Essex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Machine for PrintingYarns or Skeins oi- Yarn in Various Colors; and I do hereby declare the naturetof the same, and the'manner inovhich it is to be performed, to be fully described in the following specification, and-represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a top 'view,

Figure 2 a front elevation,

Figure 8a longitudinal and vertical section, and

Figure 4 a-transverse section of it.

Figure 5 is a top view of one of its partitioned color-troughs.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination, as well as in the arrangement of two carriers, two printing-rollers or series of printing-wheels, and certain rollers, and troughs for applying ditl'erent colors to such rollers or printing-wheel s, the-said carriers being two bands or chains, or their equivalents, or two endless chains provided with a series of books, as hereinafter explained; the skeins of yarn to be" printed, being ltretchedir'om one to theothe'r of such carriers in lines parallel, or about so,withthe axes-0t the printing (.Injariuus machines heretofore used for printing yarns, themovement of the yarns while being printed hasbeenin the direction of their lengths, and they were passed between printing rollers', grooved lengthwise, the same allowing but one color to be-applied at a time to each skein or yarn but with my machine the motion of the shcins of yarn while' going through the machine is in a direction transverse of their length, and they pass between two series of printing-wheels, the wheels of each series being arra'ngedsideby side on a common shaft or axle, and with spaces between them of widths corresponding to the lengths of fiioee parts of the yarn to be left-uncolored. l v

In the drawings, A denotes .theframe 'of the machine. It has arrangedwithin' andacross it, two series of' printing-wheels a a a, &c., b b 6, do. The wheels of each set or series are arranged on'a common horizontal shaft, concentric therewith, and with spacing annuli c c c, &c., between them, they being heldin place on the shaft by any proper means, the whole being as represented in figs. 1 and 4. A series of color-rollers, d d d d, afiixed at suitable distances apart on a shaft, e, and dipping into separate cellsfffin a color-trough, g, is arranged alongside of and against the .upper set of printing-wheels, there beinganother such a set of printing-rollers, It h It It, with their cellular trough z, placed underneath the lower series of printing-wheels. Two carriers or endless chains Irk, are arranged within the frame A, and -with respect to the two series of printing-wheels, in manner as shown in the drawings, each chain being supported on guideand sustaining-wheels l m n, arranged on shafts o p q, extended across nndsupported by the frame A,"or suitable devices applied thereto. Each end: less chain has a series of hooks, .r 1', extending from its inner side,ssuch hooks being arranged at proper dis tances asunder. These books are for sustaining a cord or rope going through all the sheius, such-cord being hooked on the hooks.

For. applying the skeips to the mnchine,'two of such cords are to be run through "each of the skeins, and they are to be hitched on the books of the two en-dles'sfl carriers, so as to cause the skeins to extend across the machine fromonc corner to the other. Inthis state when the carriers are synchronously put in motion, the skeins will besynchronously passed between the two sets ofprinting-wheels, and may be, printed in diil'eredt coiors thereby, each of the printing-wheels of one series, with its follow or mate of the other series, being made to print one and the same color on opposite sides of the skein. l A

In advance of theprinting-mechanism, as hereinbefore described, is adry ingmlrum er cylinder, B, about 'which the skeins are to be run in order to edectthe drying of the colors. This cylinder should be hollow, and be heated by steam or other suitable means. I

4 train of gears, a, t, u, v,w, and a, properly applied to the shafts of the printing-wheels, color-rollers, and

II the drying-cylinder, and arranged in manner as represented in the drawings, serves to impart-the requisitemotions to the carriers, the printing-wheels, color-rollers, and drying-drum, ivhen the shaft of the lower series of printing-wheels is put in revolution.

With the above-described machine yarns can be printed srith great rapidity and accuracy.

I claim as my'inventioii- The combination as well as tho a 'rangement of the two carriers for cariy'ingskeins of yarn, in the manner-l described; with ono or two series of printing-wheels, composed of annular disks, their color-rollers, and cellular troughs, the whole being provided withmech'anism to'operatotheui, substantially as and for the purpose specified. I also claim the combination of the drying-cylinder 6r apparatus, the two carriers as above, one or two series of painting-wheels, theii color-rollers, aad'oellular troughs, the jvhole being-provided with mechanism to operate them, substantially asaud for the purpose spooified- JOHN FORREST,

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